Top 10 States Ranked in Energy Efficiency Scorecard: MA, CA, VT, RI, OR, CT, MD, WA, NY … With MN and IL Tied for 10th; Five Most Improved States: MD, IL, DC, CA, and TX; and Five States in Most Need of Improvement: MS, LA, SD, WY, and ND.

Top 10 States are MA, CA, RI, OR, VT, CT, NY, WA, MD, and MN; 5 States Most in Need of Improvement are ND, WY, SD, MS, and AK

Washington, D.C.—Governors and lawmakers in state capitals across the nation continue to take major steps to lower energy costs, reduce pollution, and save consumers money by increasing their states’ energy efficiency, according to the findings of the 8th edition of the State Energy Efficiency Scorecard released today by theAmerican Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE).

On September 22-24, ACEEE brought our 7th National Conference on Energy Efficiency as a Resource to the South for the first time, in Nashville, Tennessee. The timing proved fortuitous in view of the activities in Southern states such as Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. We established an all-time record attendance of nearly 450 people, with many first-time attendees at our conference coming from the region.

State Already On Track to Becoming the Most Energy Efficient in Southeast

Energy efficiency policy in the states continued to move ahead in the last month of 2010 as Wisconsin approved an energy efficiency resource standard (EERS) on the heels of Arkansas’s passage of an EERS. The achievement means that 26 states now have an EERS—a foundational policy to reduce energy use over a long-term period. These 26 states account for 65% of our national electricity demand.

ACEEE Summer Study on Energy Efficiency
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Overview / Mission

The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE), a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization, acts as a catalyst to advance energy efficiency policies, programs, technologies, investments, and behaviors. We believe that the United States can harness the full potential of energy efficiency to achieve greater economic prosperity, energy security, and environmental protection for all its people.